Exercise capacity of untrained spinal cord injured individuals and the relationship of peak oxygen uptake to level of injury

Twenty spinal cord injured individuals were tested for maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 peak using a hysteresis brake wheelchair ergometer. The subjects were divided into 4 groups as follows: (a) quadriplegics (4 subjects); (b) untrained female paraplegics (5 subjects); (c) untrained male paraplegics (7 s...

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Published in:Paraplegia 1990-10, Vol.28 (8), p.512-521
Main Authors: BURKETT, L. N, CHISUM, J, STONE, W, FERNHALL, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebrospinal fluid. Meninges. Spinal cord
Exercise Test
Female
Humans
Lumbosacral Region
Male
Medical sciences
Neck
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Oxygen Consumption
Physical Education and Training
Physical Endurance
Spinal Cord Injuries - metabolism
Spinal Cord Injuries - physiopathology
Statistics as Topic
Thorax
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Summary:Twenty spinal cord injured individuals were tested for maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 peak using a hysteresis brake wheelchair ergometer. The subjects were divided into 4 groups as follows: (a) quadriplegics (4 subjects); (b) untrained female paraplegics (5 subjects); (c) untrained male paraplegics (7 subjects); and (d) trained male paraplegics (4 subjects). The VO2 peak were analysed by a one way ANOVA and Fisher's LSD multiple comparisons. The F-ratio (50.93) was significant (p = less than 0.0001). Fisher's LSD post hoc multiple comparisons found the following differences: (a) quadriplegics were significantly lower than the untrained paraplegic females, untrained paraplegic males and trained paraplegic males; (b) untrained females were significantly lower than the untrained male paraplegics, and trained paraplegic males; (c) untrained paraplegic males were significantly lower than the trained male paraplegics. A Spearman Rho correlation was calculated using injury level and VO2 max for all the untrained SCI individuals. The correlation was 0.68 and had a significance level of 0.0019. The present study combined with the known research literature gives strong evidence that VO2 peak in the untrained SCI is highly related to level of injury.
ISSN:0031-1758
1362-4393
1476-5624
DOI:10.1038/sc.1990.68